A new assessment tool being used to support women in contact with the Criminal Justice System in Greater Manchester has been validated for use in the UK – along with a huge funding boost to expand the project.
The Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA) tool allows women’s centres to carry out a trauma informed, in-depth assessment with each woman supported following criminal justice involvement, to better understand factors leading to her arrest or conviction, and how to support her avoid re-offending. Women are supported following release from prison, through a community (non-custodial) sentence or through police liaison and diversion schemes.
Read more in the press release below.
